Chapter 220 The Sealed Right Arm

"Ten thousand years ago, a doomsday catastrophe came and destroyed the magical kingdom that ruled the world."

Bagshot used a deep voice to slowly tell the past history.

“After the doomsday catastrophe, the remaining ancient wizards still wanted to continue to rule the world, but they encountered resistance from the former slaves of humans, goblins, giants and centaurs.

They formed an alliance and won every victory, but when facing the last ancient wizard, they could not kill him no matter what.

The coalition finally made a weapon, cut his body into five parts, and sealed it in five wooden coffins..."

The old man patted the wooden coffin and said, "This is one of the coffins!"

Bagshot's description was not much different from what Hufflepuff said. Rolf thought about it and said curiously:

"Madam, where did you find this wooden coffin?"

"This involves another secret." Bagshot hunched his back, holding a candle, and walked towards the bookshelf against the wall.

“After the war with the ancient wizards, representatives of humans, goblins, giants and centaurs held a far-reaching meeting.

Of course, the representatives who attended the meeting at that time probably did not realize that that meeting would determine the pattern of the magical world for the next ten thousand years. "

The old man tremblingly pushed open a cabinet and found a book covered with dust and with a rotten cover.

"This book was written by Agenor Peverell. He participated in the meeting and recorded the contents of the meeting on parchment."

Bagshot blew off the thick dust on the book and carefully turned the pages with one finger. She looked at the faded handwriting and read:

"At the meeting, representatives from various ethnic groups had differences over the handling of the wooden coffin."

"The goblins showed their greedy nature. They believed that they contributed the most. Not only did they ask for two wooden coffins, they also wanted to take possession of the weapon used to cut the wizard's body."

"The goblin's request made representatives of other ethnic groups very dissatisfied. Everyone cursed, argued, and yelled at each other at the meeting..."

After Bashat finished reading, he put down the book and sighed softly:

"The meetings were held three times in a row, but eventually the talks collapsed, and the coalition also fell apart overnight."

"Then... the war broke out again, but it was no longer between the coalition forces and the ancient wizards, but between the coalition forces. They fought until the world was turned upside down and blood flowed like rivers."

When Luo Fu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh:

Humans, goblins, giants, and centaurs united to overthrow those ancient wizards who were aloof, regarded all ethnic groups as slaves, and controlled life and death at will. They turned around and beat them to pieces for "loots."

How ironic.

The most uncomfortable thing is probably the ancient wizard who was dismembered. The enemy he couldn't deal with would collapse in this way... It's really a bit of gray humor.

"Madam, who won the war in the end?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Of course it's us." Bagshot seemed a little tired. She walked towards a chair and said slowly:

“Our ancestors made a secret agreement with the giants so that they could obtain that amazingly powerful weapon, so we got the support of the giants.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the centaurs also turned against us at the critical moment. Under the joint attack of the three parties, the goblin was finally defeated and surrendered. "

Bagshot sat relaxedly on a high-backed chair. She raised her head, opened her eyes covered with white veils and said:

"In return for surrendering, the centaur received a wooden coffin, the giant took away his weapons, and we took three wooden coffins."

"And the goblins... didn't get anything and could only be forced to surrender to us.

So, after the kingdom of ancient wizards perished, our ancestors took over their titles, became the 'wizards' of the new era, and began to rule the world.

And the descendants of the earliest batch of wizards have become prominent pure-blood families in later generations! "

Bagshot paused for a moment, as if waiting for the three of them to understand the content before continuing:

"As for the goblins, they have had a deep grudge against us ever since. Although they surrender to the wizards on the surface, they always want to overthrow our rule in their hearts.

This is also the true source of the goblin rebellion for thousands of years! "

Listening to these contents that would never be recorded in the history of magic, not to mention Shirley and Hermione, even Rolf was entranced for a moment.

"I have always wanted to find the whereabouts of the wooden coffin to prove that the ancient wizard really existed and was not just a legend." Bagshot said slowly:

"So, I started looking for clues in the history of magic. The easiest way is definitely to start with the three wooden coffins obtained by humans."

Bagshot took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth gently, and continued:

"According to the records of multiple families, the wooden coffin fell into the hands of three wizards. Their names are Peverell, Ravenclaw and Slytherin!"

Rolf narrowed his eyes. He heard Hufflepuff mention this. The Slytherin family has kept the right arm since ancient times, while the Ravenclaw family has the left arm.

Salazar Slytherin once proposed to complete the ancient wizard's body and asked for Ravenclaw's left arm, but she refused.

This is also the possible reason why Ravenclaw was killed by Slytherin.

"But it is a pity that the Ravenclaw and Peverell families have long since disappeared in the long history..." Bagshot said with regret again:

"Those two families are in charge of the wooden coffins, and their whereabouts are unknown."

Luo Fu and Shirley looked at each other quietly. The wooden coffin was not missing, but was in their hands.

Bagshot didn't notice the eye contact between the two, and she said softly:

"I turned my attention to Slytherin. Although this surname has also disappeared, it has descendants - the Gaunt family."

"So, I found my classmate who studied at Hogwarts - Lothar Gaunt, and looked up their family information.

Finally, I found an important record!"

The old man straightened up and said, "There is a wooden coffin that was given to the youngest daughter Leona Gaunt as an inheritance by Keobe Gaunt."

When Rolf heard the name, he was obviously stunned and showed a look of astonishment.

Shirley carefully noticed the change in the boy's expression, and she whispered: "Rolf, have you heard of this name?"

Rolf nodded.

"When I was a child, my grandmother told me about the story of Isolt Sayre, the founder of Ilvermorny. Isolt Sayre's mother was Leona Gaunt."

"That's right." Bagshot said, "Then do you know how Isolt Sayre's parents died?"

"When Isolt Sayre was five years old, her parents died in a fire." Rolf said familiarly, "When she was a child, she was adopted by her aunt Gormlaith Gaunt."

"And according to the story circulating in Ilvermorny, the fire that burned Isolt Sayre's parents to death was set by her aunt Gormlaith Gaunt."

Shirley and Hermione both looked surprised.

Hermione was even more puzzled: "Why did Gormlaith Gaunt kill her sister and brother-in-law?"

"It may be for the coffin, or it may not be. We don't know the real reason anymore." Bagshot said.

"But with the death of Leona Gaunt, the coffin undoubtedly fell into the hands of her sister Gormlaith Gaunt."

"Gormlaith Gaunt adopted her niece Isolt Sel, who later escaped and boarded the famous Mayflower to the New World. Gormlaith Gaunt chased her all the way and was eventually killed by Isolt Sel."

Bagshot raised his head and stared at the coffin with his eyes covered with white film.

"Gormlaith Gaunt died suddenly, and she had no offspring. I speculate that the coffin is still hidden in her home."

"But she has been dead for hundreds of years, and no one alive knows the exact location of her home. We only know that it is in the Comgarry Valley in County Kerry, Ireland."

"I investigated for many years, consulted a lot of information, and asked many ghosts before I determined the approximate location of Gormlaith Gaunt's home. I also asked Aberforth to help me break the magic around the house."

Bagshot exclaimed: "I didn't expect him to find this coffin in the house!"

After listening to this, Rove couldn't help but admire Bagshot's patience, carefulness, and ability to unravel the mystery.

Then the question is:

Who destroyed this coffin, and where did the right arm of the ancient wizard in the coffin go? !

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